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The plaintiffs in a suit seeking to hold Tesla accountable for a fatal crash in the Florida Keys asked jurors Thursday to award $345 million in damages for putting out an allegedly defective autopilot product into the market.
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Plaintiffs Seek $345M For Fatal Crash In Tesla Autopilot Trial

By Carolina Bolado

The plaintiffs in a suit seeking to hold Tesla accountable for a fatal crash in the Florida Keys asked jurors Thursday to award $345 million in damages for putting out an allegedly defective autopilot product into the market.

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9th Circ. Upholds Google's Play Store Antitrust Trial Loss

By Dorothy Atkins

A Ninth Circuit panel Thursday affirmed Epic Games' 2023 antitrust jury trial win, along with an injunction requiring Google to open its Google Play Store to rivals, backing a landmark finding that Google monopolized the Android app-distribution market.

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Fed. Circ. Judges Cast Doubts On Trump Tariff Powers

By Dylan Moroses

Several Federal Circuit judges raised concerns about whether President Donald Trump's tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act override constitutional and congressional authority during oral arguments Thursday in their questions to better understand the extent of the appeals court's review.

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1st Circ. Denies Marathon Bomber's Bid To DQ Trial Judge

By Chris Villani

The First Circuit on Thursday denied a request by convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to have the judge who presided over his 2015 trial removed from conducting a probe into whether some of the jurors who sentenced him to death were biased.

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Flo Settles Privacy Fight Midtrial, Leaving Meta To Face Jury

By Dorothy Atkins

Flo Health Inc. told a California federal judge Thursday it had reached an agreement to settle claims that its popular menstrual-tracking app illegally shared sensitive health data of millions of women with Meta Platforms Inc. and Google, partially resolving a sweeping privacy case midtrial, and leaving Meta as the sole remaining defendant.

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Baldwin Eyes Deal Over Failed 'Rust' Trial With Suit Dormant

By Phillip Bantz

Alec Baldwin's lawsuit in New Mexico state court against prosecutors and others involved in his botched involuntary manslaughter case in the "Rust" film shooting has been temporarily thrown out, but the actor-producer's attorneys said Thursday that they've been in settlement discussions and will move to reinstate the suit if the talks fail.

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'Abusive Behavior' Spurs $195M Add To Phillips 66 IP Verdict

By Cara Salvatore

A California state judge added $195 million in exemplary damages to a $605 million trade secrets verdict against oil giant Phillips 66 following its "abusive behavior" toward startup and onetime acquisition target Propel Fuels.

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Nadine Menendez Loses Bid To Toss Bribery Conviction

By Carla Baranauckas

The wife of former U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez failed Thursday in her effort to overturn her conviction in a sweeping federal corruption case as a Manhattan federal judge ruled that the evidence against her was both extensive and compelling.

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CRIMINAL PRACTICE

Sex Abuse Verdict Tossed Because Jury Wasn't Sworn In

By Parker Quinlan

A Michigan man will be given a new trial after a split state appeals panel on Thursday found that because a trial judge failed to swear in the jury that convicted him of criminal sexual conduct, a structural error occurred with the proceeding.

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Colo. Court Affirms Stalking Conviction In 'True Threat' Case

By Zach Dupont

The Colorado Court of Appeals on Thursday declined to overturn the stalking and harassment convictions of a man who claimed his threatening emails to a police officer were protected First Amendment speech.

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WHITE COLLAR

Ill. Jury Convicts Forex Trader In $230K Fraud Scheme

By Celeste Bott

A Chicago federal jury on Thursday convicted an Illinois man of duping investors with promises to deliver considerable profits by trading their money on the foreign exchange market, when he really spent most of their investments on himself and was barred from trading securities in the state.

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Witness' Use Of 'Fraud' Doesn't Cancel TV Sports Exec's Verdict

By Julie Manganis

The First Circuit rejected arguments by a former executive at the cable channel for the Boston Red Sox and Boston Bruins that a witness' use of the word "fraud" and testimony about his lavish spending tainted the jury that convicted him of a fake invoice scheme.

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COMPETITION

Robotic Surgery Co.'s Antitrust Appeal Backed At 9th Circ.

By Matthew Perlman

Surgical Instrument Service Co. Inc. has received backing at the Ninth Circuit from a trade association and others groups as it looks to revive its case accusing Intuitive Surgical Inc. of blocking third parties from refurbishing components for its popular da Vinci surgery robot.

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TRANSPORTATION

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CSX Settles Derailment Suit With NC Mine On Eve Of Trial

By Jonathan Capriel

CSX Transportation Inc. has agreed to settle its multimillion-dollar lawsuit against a North Carolina sand and gravel mine over a 2018 derailment during Hurricane Florence that destroyed its locomotives, ending the litigation just one week before trial was set to begin.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Playing Soccer Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Soccer has become a key contributor to how I approach my work, and the lessons I’ve learned on the pitch about leadership, adaptability, resilience and communication make me better at what I do every day in my legal career, says Whitney O’Byrne at MoFo.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Supersized Class Of 2024 Exceeds Job, Salary Predictions

By Tracey Read

The class of 2024 was the largest graduating law school class in nearly a decade, but it defied industry expectations by breaking records in overall employment rate, employment in jobs that require or anticipate bar passage, and median salaries, according to data released Thursday.

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3 DOJ Attys Face Bar Complaints Over CFPB Representation

By Hailey Konnath

A legal watchdog group Thursday lodged bar complaints against a trio of U.S. Department of Justice lawyers, accusing them of making misleading and false statements in court filings while defending the Trump administration in litigation over its attempt to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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Judges Speak Out On Rising Threats Amid Safety Concerns

By Courtney Bubl茅

Federal judges who have been at the center of some of the most high-profile litigation of the second Trump administration spoke publicly Thursday about threats they've faced after their rulings.

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ABA Seeks To Toss Race Bias Suit Over Scholarship Program

By Madison Arnold

The American Bar Association urged an Illinois federal court to throw out a lawsuit from The American Alliance for Equal Rights alleging the association's Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund constitutes race-based discrimination, arguing that the claims are simply a "'desire to vindicate' a particular 'view of the law.'"

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GOP Bill Would Give President More Power Over US Atty Picks

By Courtney Bubl茅

The Trump administration has used maneuvers to keep interim U.S. attorneys in place beyond their statutory time limit, which detractors say subverts the Senate's advice and consent role. A bill that two Republican senators introduced on Thursday would shift more power over the process to the president.

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Wis. Judge Pushes For Immunity In ICE Arrest Case

By Emily Sawicki

A Wisconsin state judge is pushing for the dismissal of criminal charges alleging she hindered an immigration enforcement arrest, reiterating her argument that she has immunity against what she called the "overreaching federal prosecution of a state court judge for acts within her official duties."

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SEC's Atkins Launches 'Project Crypto' To Overhaul Policy

By Aislinn Keely

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins said Thursday that he's mobilized staff across the agency to craft rules and exemptions for digital assets, a plan aimed at bringing the crypto industry back onshore with a recent set of White House recommendations serving as the "blueprint."

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MSG Makes Play For $1.5M Fees In Oakley Dispute

By Alex Lawson

Madison Square Garden is seeking $1.5 million in attorney fees from former New York Knicks player Charles Oakley, laying out the efforts it took to uncover Oakley's efforts to destroy text messages connected with his long-running assault and battery suit against the arena.

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Consovoy McCarthy

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Cozen O'Connor

Cravath Swaine

Dechert LLP

Eaton & Wolk

Emery Celli

Faegre Drinker

Fick & Marx

Gibson Dunn

Gimbel Reilly

Green LLP

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Hecker Fink

Hogan Lovells

Jenner & Block

Kellogg Hansen

King & Spalding

Knobbe Martens

Kobre & Kim

Labaton Keller

Latham & Watkins

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Lawfair LLC

Lowey Dannenberg

Mayer Brown

McCaulley Law Group

Milbank LLP

Morgan Lewis

Morrison & Foerster

Munger Tolles

Olsson Frank

Paul Weiss

Petrillo Klein

Quinn Emanuel

Rousso Boumel

Singleton Schreiber

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Strang Bradley

Wigdor LLP

Wilson Sonsini

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

AT&T Inc.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Antitrust Institute

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Boston Bruins

Boston Red Sox

CSX Corp.

Chick-fil-A Inc.

ESPN Inc.

Eastman Kodak Co.

Epic Games Inc.

Google LLC

Intuitive Surgical

LinkedIn Corp.

Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.

Mariani Co.

McDonald's Corp.

Mercedes-Benz USA LLC

Meta Platforms Inc.

NBC Sports Group

National Association for Law Placement Inc.

National Treasury Employees Union

New York Knicks

Oldcastle Inc.

Phillips 66

Public Citizen Inc.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Tesla Inc.

The District of Columbia Bar

Twitter Inc.

Verizon Communications Inc.

X Corp.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Supreme Court

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Trade Commission

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Michigan Supreme Court

State of Michigan

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

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U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court

US Office of Management and Budget

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